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== Users and autoconfirmed users ==
== Users and autoconfirmed users ==
Users are users. Somewhat obvious.
Users are users. Obvious.


Autoconfirmed users can edit semi-protected pages and are able to bypass ratelimits.
Autoconfirmed users can edit semi-protected pages and are able to bypass ratelimits.
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The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}]] administrators.
The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|{{NUMBEROFADMINS}}]] administrators.

== Bureaucrats ==
Bureaucrats can grant user groups and are responsible for promoting and demoting administrators.

The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat|{{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat|B}}]] bureaucrats.


== Interface administrators ==
== Interface administrators ==
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The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/interface-admin|{{NUMBERINGROUP:interface-admin|B}}]] interface administrators.
The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/interface-admin|{{NUMBERINGROUP:interface-admin|B}}]] interface administrators.


== Bureaucrats ==
== Checkusers ==
Checkusers can view data relating to user IPs and edits.
Bureaucrats can grant user groups and are responsible for promoting and demoting administrators.


The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat|{{NUMBERINGROUP:bureaucrat|B}}]] bureaucrats.
The wiki has [[Special:ListUsers/interface-admin|{{NUMBERINGROUP:checkuser|B}}]] checkusers.


== Suppressor ==
== Suppressor ==

Revision as of 06:06, 1 June 2024

User groups (also referred to as permissions, bits, or flags) change the way that certain editors perform specific actions on the wiki.

A list of every user group can be found at Special:ListGroupRights.

Users and autoconfirmed users

Users are users. Obvious.

Autoconfirmed users can edit semi-protected pages and are able to bypass ratelimits.

Administrators

Administrators (or sysops) can block and unblock users, IP addresses, and IP ranges from editing, protect pages and edit protected pages, delete and undelete pages, rename pages without restriction, along with having access to other tools.

The wiki has 10 administrators.

Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats can grant user groups and are responsible for promoting and demoting administrators.

The wiki has 8 bureaucrats.

Interface administrators

Interface administrators can edit MediaWiki namespace pages, along with all JS/JSON/CSS files.

The wiki has 8 interface administrators.

Checkusers

Checkusers can view data relating to user IPs and edits.

The wiki has 4 checkusers.

Suppressor

Suppressors can hide page revisions.

The wiki has 5 suppressors.

Bots

Bots are accounts used to make automated edits that may be considered tedious to do manually.

The wiki has one bot, User:Nes, which is currently shutdown.